Review: With 14 albums and 50 EPs in his catalogue, it's fair to say that Stephan Laubner aka STL is one of the most prolific modern electronic music producers. Despite this considerable output, he also remains one of the most singular artists in that scene. Like many of his releases, Akkretionsscheibe features two locked grooves - "Loop A" and "Loop B" - which will appeal to those who spin dense, repetitive sounds. However, these are mere side notes to the main attraction. "Get Down" and "Inner Horizon" are pared back, lo-fi grooves, minimal in construct but still full of mystique and characterised by Laubner's love of microscopic detail.
Review: Stephan Laubner aka STL usually indulges in gritty, tape-kissed house groovers, but his Lunatik Sound System project is reserved solely for his most daring moments. Beats, arrangements and hooks are dissolved to wandering slices of percussion, floaty drones and odd melodies covered with a pinch of machine noise for good measure. It's soundtrack music at its most finest, where tracks like "The Golden Mandala" truly make you lose sense of space and time by taking you to another dimension. Fans, you know, newcomers, get to know. Another sublime Something release!
Review: You can always rely on German producer Stephan Laubner to come up with an individual, off the wall take on house music and the classic Vaporations, now available digitally, is no exception. "Loop A" and "Loop B" are pared back, jazz-infused locked grooves, while "Manblind" resonates to the sound of dubby beats and a rubbery bassline. It's the only track on the release that even comes close to convention. "Sudden Bliss" sounds like it was slowed down, its sludgy bass combned with clattering drums, "Kinetic Fare" could be the sound of a million digital hornets awoken suddenly in their nest and "Black Pearl" is the kind of woozy, rickety house that Laubner specialises in.
Review: Stephen Laubner continues to demonstrate a singularly unique take on electronic explorations as STL, with When The Time Has Come, originally released on vinyl in 2011. Present here are Laubner's irregular experiments with looped arrangements, with four super fine locked groove musical indentations opening this EP. Those whose are scared of infinite concepts will find solace in the sumptuous "Walking Blind" with trademark gloopy percussion soon joined by decidedly flatulent keys, swooping spectral pads and typically fractured textures. The virtual flip brings more loose limbed analogue joy with STL laying down swerving vocal snatches and staccato kicks that scratch the lower reaches of a delightfully hollow beat on "Death Proof" whilst the more streamlined "Supersonic" throbs delicately at your senses.
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